At the start of the year, the network Bitcoin witnessed the birth of a new protocol: Ordinals. In practice, these allow data to be written on a satoshi, via a process called Registration. This has in particular led to the rise of NFTs on Bitcoin then BRC-20. However, for some developers this is a vulnerability and not a feature.
Luke Dashjr: the anti Ordinals on Bitcoin
Luke Dashjr is a developer involved in Bitcoin for many years. Lately, he has been talked about by his positions against the Ordinals.
Indeed, in a publication from the beginning of December, Dashjr Claims Inscriptions Ordinals “Exploit Vulnerability in Bitcoin”just that.
Furthermore, his crusade against the Ordinals does not stop with a few declarations. Indeed, the latest version of Bitcoin Knots, the client developed by Dashjr, will no longer accept satoshi Registration transactions.
In addition, Ocean Mining, the mining pool led by Dashjr, also applies various measures against Ordinals. Thus, it operates a systematic censorship of transactions that include Ordinal Inscriptions.
A situation pointed out by Samurai Walletwhich has undertaken a war against disinformation led by Dashjr.
Luke Dashjr behind the addition to the database of vulnerabilities in the USA?
While these debates rage within the Bitcoin community, a new event has ignited the powder.
In fact, the Bitcoin Ordinals Added to US National Vulnerability Database. In other words, Ordinals are considered a cybersecurity risk by the USA.
A situation that has led many observers to speculate that Luke Dashjr is behind this. For its part, the developer denied its involvement to our colleagues at CoinTelegraph.
However, the situation seems to suit him. Thus, he reportedly told CoinTelegraph that the score of 5.3 assigned to “vulnerability” would be too low.
“I think this rating underestimates the impact, because it doesn’t take into account the long-term effects of blockchain bloat. If they had rated the impact on availability as “high”, the base CVSS score would be 7.5”.
Regardless, these debates do not seem to impact the Ordinals. Indeed, the market continues to soar, with a capitalization record for ORDI, exceeding a billion dollars.